August 17, 2005

Perpetuating the Stereotype!

An interesting little blurb:

Jacksonville [Alabama] Police are still searching for Jennifer Sue Hollis who they say broke into a woman's house and beat her with a high heeled shoe.

That other woman has been identified as Heather Jones McCrath.

The victim told police she was still sleeping when the women arrived at 5:30 a.m. and that McCrath probably thinks she was interested in her boyfriend.

Boy, it's a good thing those professional guys have editors. What you might miss in this online version is that two women broke into the house and hit the inhabitant with the shoe. Another bit of information that's missing is something I heard this morning as I was flipping around the various news shows, that being that one of the assailants is missing an arm.

That really just adds a whole 'nother layer of interest to the story, eh?


UPDATE: Here's a companion piece from the local NBC station that is just as comical in its poor composition. (It also says the woman's name is McGrath instead of McCrath--who knows what's really right!?) Anyway, I especially like this sentence--"The victim suffered minor injuries though one of the assailents [sic] had only one arm."

I'm still trying to parse that one--the "though" and "only" are making problems. Maybe it should be "Although the assailant had only one arm, the victim still suffered minor injuries," or maybe, "The victim suffered minor injuries at the hand--and we DO mean hand since the assailant only had one--of her attacker."

Anyway, thank goodness the professional media employ editors.

Posted by Terry Oglesby at August 17, 2005 03:54 PM
Comments

If she was missing a leg that would explain how she had an extra shoe.

Posted by: jim at August 17, 2005 04:43 PM

See--it's that whole level of mystery and intrique that just cries out for a more complete telling.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at August 17, 2005 04:45 PM

I heard about this and I laughed my ass off. I heard the version with 2 women and one missing an arm.

Posted by: UziQ at August 17, 2005 04:56 PM

Now we have an armless AND a buttless woman! It just keeps getting better and better...

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at August 17, 2005 11:26 PM

Would that make her a one-armed bandit?

Too bad the other woman's last name isn't Kimble...

Posted by: LittleA at August 18, 2005 08:24 AM

I'm not sure--but you figure if you've only got half a brain, having half your arms probably is a good thing. Just think how bad it would have been if'n she'd been able to use both shoes.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at August 18, 2005 08:54 AM